The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Charitable organization · Toronto, Ontario · BN 119249092RR0001 · Educational Organizations Not Elsewhere Categorized · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($343,909) as filed with the CRA.
The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History is a charitable organization based in Toronto, Ontario, classified by the CRA under educational organizations not elsewhere categorized. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $339K in revenue and $344K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 12% from donations, 68% from other charities. In 2023, 1 other registered charity reported granting it a combined $5,000.
Compared with 1,764 education charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 26% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $40,000–79,999 range. The charity reported 1 permanent full-time position.
Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 23 names.
In its own words
The osgoode society for canadian legal history was formed to study and promote public interest in the history of the law the legal profession and the judiciary in ontario and elsewhere in canada and to stimulate research and publication on these subjects. The society meets these objectives by publishing books on canadian legal history sponsoring collections of oral histories from individuals within the legal community providing research and publication grans and sponsoring and hosting legal history seminars. The society provides annual I biannual awards and fellowships to students in the fi…
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $339K | $344K | $231K | — | — | $521K |
| 2023 | $306K | $328K | $210K | — | — | $527K |
| 2022 | $280K | $376K | $221K | — | — | $560K |
| 2021 | $284K | $281K | $178K | — | — | $611K |
| 2020 | $281K | $308K | $214K | $5,894 | — | $608K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2023
Received $5,000 from 1 charity:
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- Permanent full-time positions1
- Total compensation, all staff$113K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Constance Backhouse (director); Heidi Bohaker (director); Brendan Brammall (director); Bevin Brooksbank (director); Amanda Campbell (secretary); Shantona Chaudhury (director); Paul Davis (director); Timothy Hill (director); Ian Hull (treasurer; director); Patricia Jackson (director); Mahmud Jamal (director); Waleed Malik (director); Rachel McMillan (director); Dana Peebles (director); David Rankin (director); Paul Schabas (president); Robert Sharpe (director); Linda Silver Dranoff (director); Jonathan Silver (director); Alexander Smith (director); Lorne Sossin (director); Michael Tulloch (director); John Wilkinson (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 119249092RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.